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Month: March, 2007

RPV upholds decision that LCRC Convention Call is flawed

30 March, 2007 (07:11) | Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Via Too Conservative, I note that the RPV has upheld the General Council decision regarding the validity of the LCRC’s Convention Call. (I wrote about this a few days ago, see here and here.) An appeals committee today unanimously upheld a decision by the Republican Party of Virginia’s general council that the Loudoun County Republican [...]

Two execs at companies contracted to build border fence hired illegals

30 March, 2007 (06:51) | Crime & Punishment, Immigration, Law | By: ricjames

Grrrrrrrr.

Tuskegee Airmen honored

30 March, 2007 (06:49) | Aviation, Human Interest | By: ricjames

Any serious student of history knows the name “Tuskegee Airmen” and the significance of their actions during WWII. While there now appears to be some question about their perfect record of bomber escort during the war, their performance was still, by any measure, stellar. It was the performance by the American public after the war, [...]

Pelosi refuses to let British-supporting resolution to come to the House floor

29 March, 2007 (15:01) | GWOT, Politics | By: ricjames

A House resolution (H. Res. 267) to condemn the Iranian seizure of British sailors in Iraqi waters has been submitted but Speaker Nancy Pelosi is keeping it from coming to the floor for a vote. Power Line has the story. Pelosi is so wrapped up in opposition to anything she thinks the Bush administration might [...]

Book Report: The Last Templar

29 March, 2007 (12:08) | Books | By: ricjames

The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury bears a strong resemblance to Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and there’s an obvious reason for that: it deals with the same events and the same subject. Sadly, that subject can be boiled down to the simple idea that nothing of what the world has been told of [...]

On my reading list…

29 March, 2007 (07:17) | Books | By: ricjames

I’ve been making a strong effort at reading books, lately, rather than spending every free moment here on-line. More specifically, I’m trying to set aside time to read books that don’t have something to do with network engineering. Here’s some quick blurbs on books in my reading queue: The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury. Stong [...]

Eliot Stein: loser, lowlife, definition of crass and waste of good oxygen

28 March, 2007 (13:34) | Blogging | By: ricjames

As blogger and author Cathy Seipp was breathing her last, succumbing to cancer, some disgusting sub-human slimewad was taking yet another cheap shot. If you’ve got the stomach for it, FoxNews.com has the story. Just hours before her death, “Cathy Seipp” suddenly seemed to undo decades of hard work with an oddly written letter posted [...]

In a story where the Swiftees are key, why no quote from them?

28 March, 2007 (13:17) | Politics | By: ricjames

The Bush Administration has withdrawn the nomination of Sam Fox for ambassador after it saw the level of resistance the Dems were ready to put up over Fox’s donation to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in the 2004 campaign season. Again, I see Kerry getting quoted and Kerry supporters getting quoted, all stating or [...]

LCRC Chairman Paul Protic releases statement re: RPV ruling

28 March, 2007 (06:40) | Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

As previously reported, the Republican Party of Virginia has ruled that the Convention Call by the Loudoun County Republican Committee was invalid and would need to be republished. Late last night LCRC Chairman Paul Protic released this statement on the matter: As I indicated at the March 26  LCRC meeting, I have determined that it [...]

Tony Snow's cancer has resurfaced

27 March, 2007 (12:11) | Human Interest, Politics, The Media | By: ricjames

Aw, damn. I hate hearing news like this. Our prayers are with you, Tony.